Re: Tire Recommendations?
Posted by Mike On 2011/8/23 15:07:19
My father, and grandfather, worked at the denman plant in Warren, OH, which i believe is the original plant.
Denman used to be a BIG name in tires, especially specialty ones, but not as much any more. My grandfather, a veteran marine of WWII, came back to work at denman and received a letter to not have to go to Korea because he was important to a project that was making special and large tires for the military. It must've been important enough for the military to let him stay home and work on it, my grandmother still had a copy of the letter, and since she passed i believe my dad does.
Last i heard, a few years back, they couldn't get bank financing to upgrade operations, and were sold to someone in one of the I states (Indiana or Illinois). I don't believe that denman tires now are the same as what they used to make, i thought that the company bought them "for their name". Recently, the original plant had a major fire.
I do know that Diamond Back does not make the tires, they apply the whitewalls. However, each company does whitewalls differently and with different layer amounts and types. Diamond Back claims to have another layer of rubber to keep the black from leeching through.
I couldn't find the receipt, but i believe i had H78-15s and replaced them with 225-75R15s, the diamond back II line, with 2.5 or 2 3/4" whitewall. In their catalog, they show who makes each tire line, and those are made by bridgestone or firestone.
Below is a pic of them on the car, it seems to ride the same height. Sorry they're dirty, last ride was the Warren Packard Museum meet, where it rained, and i haven't cleaned them yet.
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Denman used to be a BIG name in tires, especially specialty ones, but not as much any more. My grandfather, a veteran marine of WWII, came back to work at denman and received a letter to not have to go to Korea because he was important to a project that was making special and large tires for the military. It must've been important enough for the military to let him stay home and work on it, my grandmother still had a copy of the letter, and since she passed i believe my dad does.
Last i heard, a few years back, they couldn't get bank financing to upgrade operations, and were sold to someone in one of the I states (Indiana or Illinois). I don't believe that denman tires now are the same as what they used to make, i thought that the company bought them "for their name". Recently, the original plant had a major fire.
I do know that Diamond Back does not make the tires, they apply the whitewalls. However, each company does whitewalls differently and with different layer amounts and types. Diamond Back claims to have another layer of rubber to keep the black from leeching through.
I couldn't find the receipt, but i believe i had H78-15s and replaced them with 225-75R15s, the diamond back II line, with 2.5 or 2 3/4" whitewall. In their catalog, they show who makes each tire line, and those are made by bridgestone or firestone.
Below is a pic of them on the car, it seems to ride the same height. Sorry they're dirty, last ride was the Warren Packard Museum meet, where it rained, and i haven't cleaned them yet.
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